• ;11- r THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 18 Friday, August 30, 1985 00000000000000000 ALEXANDER A ComtinAN Cove Leiter COLONY INTERIORS skilled nursing care in a quiet, residential setting for over thirty years, our professional staff Is dedicated to serving the special short-term, convalescent and long- term needs of our patient-guests and their faMilles. 718 W. Fourth Street, Royal Oak • 545-0571 x t-f . ,) BE A WINNER, PLAY THE CLASSIFIEDS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Franklin Savings MONEY MARKET RATES 7.00 6.50 6.40' 6.50 6.91 6.40 6.40 6.40 6.45 6.40 6.50 • - lower. Based on $2,500 deposit. Some minimum depos t requirements may De Bloomfield Savings Comerica Detroit & Northern Empire of America First Federal of Michigan First of America Manufacturers Michigan National of Detroit National Bank of Detroit Standard Federal I Sugar Tree Plaza at Maple & Orchard Lk. Rd. 626-1999 Cs 400.300000000000 000 Call The Jewish News Today 354-6060 ?P7; A;;% ASV "OA INTEREST RATE UPDATE AS OF 8-28-85 . 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By becoming a Health Club member, you can enjoy our new Nautilus Fitness Center at your convenience! Besides all of the Center's regular activities, our weight room has been redone with new olympic weights, bar bells, dumb bells and weight lifting classes. And we've got aerobic classes, a track, 211, indoor pool, racquet courts and more! Just call 661-1000, ' ext. 166 for more information on your Amembership, TORAH PORTION Bible Stresses Honesty In Business, Life BY RABBI IRWIN GRONER Special to The Jewish News This week's Sidrah refers to business practices in ancient Is- rael. The text declares: "Thou shalt not have in thy house, di- verse measures, a great measure and a small measure, a large weight and a small weight. You should have a perfect weight and , a just weight, that your days may be long upon the land which God gives to you." This law addresses those engaged in commerce, admonish- ing them that their weights and measures were to be precise. If a person possessed different kinds of weights, he could practice de- ception by purchasing his goods with a large weight and selling them with a small weight. Thus, he could purchase more than rightfully was his, and sell less than the customer had paid for. This commandment from the Book of Deuteronomy which em- phasizes the standards of business honesty has a larger meaning. It affirms the truth that our lives should be of one standard. Life should not be composed of differ- ent measures and different judg- ments that we apply to obtain conditions and terms favorable to ourselves. One of the most serious charges that can be levied against our age is that we live by dual standards, individually, collectively and na- tionally. How do we judge others, and how do we judge ourselves? We judge others by their deeds and by their outward actions, and our judgments are harsh. How do we judge ourselves? By our thoughts, intentions, hopes, and feelings. When we commit an error, we are kind to ourselves. We take into account all of the extenuating circumstances, all of our difficulties, problems and burdens. But when we weigh the faults of others, we do not refrain from using a different measure and putting our thumb on the scale. We seem to have a set of double standards: The values we profess and the values by which we really live. We extol self-control and we practice self-indulgence. We proclaim brotherhood and we are guilty of prejudice. We teach young people the sanctity of human life and rever- ence for moral ideals, but the media portray the themes of brut- ality, depravity, and decadence in living color. We proclaim our- selves a non-violent people, but we insist that each person be allowed to own his own gun. You and I are not guilty of all these things. But collectively, we share in the responsibility for these Ki Teze: Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19. Isaiah 54:1-10. double standards, a responsibility not to be discharged by blaming our political leaders or the party in power. On the international scene, we observe different scales by which countries are measured. As Jews, we have long recognized that the country of Israel has had to cope with double standards of interna- tional judgment. When Israel was threatened with destruction by her Arab neighbors, no nation came to her defense. When Israel, having successfully fought her wars for survival, continues now her struggle to maintain her secu- rity in the presence of Arab hostil- ity, her actions are condemned. Justice for the Jew is never melted out by the same standards applied to other people. The time has come to reject double standards in every aspect of our personal and collective lives. Inflation Necessitates Redesigned Shekel now have price tags with six or seven digits. Five years ago the Shekel was introduced in a similar way, by removing a zero of the original Is- rael pound. In other economic news, Israel's Elscint, a sophisticated medical equipment company which at one time appeared to lead the world in its field, is recasting its financial structure under new manage- ment, And Dr. AvraliamSuhami , the aedeatific aid Sod me wizard *be iambi Ake oapauy, has IMNI Wit INSISAIMA alter bay- basii *arms° * god as.404 Aosta tw o oo lea ot large laiittOga P eP allselirrarilig*edadelartil diali dor AWN& lotoloale so iiolimpamodemr=m= ameig dwaatitike IMMagEtartibiiikwY, Jerusalem (JTA) — The Cabinet accepted a proposal Sun- day to introduce a technical change in the value of the Shekel, by removing the last three zeros from the face value of the cur- rency. The exchange rate last weekend was 1,480 Shekels to the American dollar, New notes and coins went into circulation Wednesday. In an interim period until January 1, both the old MARSH Shekels will be valid in the market. Finance Matta Yitehak Modal said at a prose essiesessa that the purpose of tbs dassit Assopurolytainisidarsolidlat II a mutt al Wad" Okaiir dans have WNW toe oropli- mitt The my awadI , =W